After sleeping only three hours in a sauna tent, hitch hiking with a pick up truck, drinking beer, taking long walks in the burning hot sun, seeing bands like Thom Yorke, Gorillaz, Local Natives and Phoenix and many more, hanging out with my Hyper Island crew and Mr Jocke Schafer,  driving back to Los Angeles, being pulled over by the cop on the freeway for crossing a solid line and driving to fast to close to the car ahead, being released by the cop even without a warning and a alcohol test, taking a flight back home to San Francisco and sleeping for over 15 hours it's not that weird that I'm feeling like a sweater that's been tumbling around in a washer for a couple of hours. The last 24 hours were probably the most intense ones in my whole life, but in retrospect the weekend felt like the shortest ever.

The heat, oh the heat! I think I've only experienced this heat once before, in Las Vegas back in 2008, but then I tried to not go outside at all to not get my eyes burned out. This time around I had no choice. I woke up in our sauna tent around 8 or 9 with sweat all over every day. We lived far from the festival area so I needed to walk far every day and there were lots of bands I couldn't stand to miss. I've never consumed that much water in my whole life. Unfortunately the heat got me slow and mellow (some brownies I ate may also have something to do with that), and since I walked around all by myself the first two days (the other guys wanted to see other bands and it was impossible to get in touch over the unexceptionally bad mobile network), the festival didn't turn out as great as I expected.

This was the festival where all the big artists of today didn't perform in their original shape, but in their new constellations. Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters), Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) and John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) came as the band Them Crooked Vultures. Jack White (White Stripes) played drums, guitar and sang a little in The Dead Weather. Thom Yorke came solo with Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) even if he performed the Radiohead songs  "Airbag" and "Everything In Its Right Place". Sigur Ros singer Jonsi also came without his Icelandic friends. Even if I would've much rather  seen all these artists with their original bands I must say they all put on great shows.

I've never been at a festial where sets been this short. At Roskilde the headliners gets at least 2 hours. Here they mostly just lasted from 50 minutes up to 1 hour and 15 minutes. Sometimes it was really frustrating. For a band like Lcd Soundystem (who's only got long songs) it was very sad. Songs like "Daft Punk Is Playing At My House", "Get Innocuous!" and "North American Scum" where all cut out.

Even if there definitely where some downsides I must say I already want to go back and I wouldn't hesitate to go again if I was around. I've never seen that many hot girls at the same time. Being sober was painful since you noticed every hottie that much easier. It was like watching a fucking tennis game! The surroundings with palm trees, snow filled mountains and well though out lighting created the most beautiful festival I've seen to date. And it was nice to get to see my favorite Hollywood girl Zooey Deschanel live, even though I must say she looked much older and mature in real life. But mature women is not an issue for me. I still want to marry her.

Top 10 gigs

1. Local Natives - These Los Angeles youngsters put on a truly superb show. Tight as hell, diverse and full of energy. For you Swedish people who's going to Way Out West this year - whatever you do DON'T MISS THIS BAND!

2. Thom Yorke - Played the debut "The Eraser" from start to finish with some new songs as well as Radioheads Airbag and Everything In Its Right Place. Accompanied by Red Hot Chili Peppers bass player Flea and a fantastic light show his minimalistic and dark arrangements grew more powerful and reached new emotional levels.

3. The Dead Weather - So professional, tight, sexy and heavy, with one of the coolest female singers I've seen. I'm so stoked to see what this band can come up with in the future.

4. Dirty Projectors - Impressive how a band that sounds so very complicated on record can nail all the grooves, the playful vocals and the tempo changes live. Could've been even better if they would've played longer.

5. Phoenix - The best pop band of the last decade sure knows how to put on a great show. Even if they seemed a little bit tired and even if they wasted what could've been three songs on Love Like A Sunset part 1 & 2 they spread love all over the place.

6. The Whitest Boy Alive - I walked from Jay-Z's show to this one, and Whitest Boy Alive owned one of the worlds biggest rappers. This was the third time I've seen these guys and they NEVER disappoint. It's crazy how much better they become live. So groovy and dance friendly. And I always want to get on stage to give Erland Oye a big big hug,

7. Tiesto - I was dead beat. I fell asleep on the ground during the Muse concert and was ready to go home when I walked by the world's biggest dj(?). Like his amazing set at Roskilde 2007 it was once again impossible to not get swept away. The Coachella Stage turned into a battlefield from a Terminator movie.  There were lasers everywhere. Everyone was dancing. Everyone put their hands in the air. EPIC!  

8. Lcd Soundsystem - A super solid but way to short performance. Most important - I got to hear "All My Friends".

9. Girls - Oh the summer vibes. The solo on Ghost Mouth gave me the chills and Lust For Life was probably the song that put the biggest smile on my face during the whole festival.  

10. Jay -Z - I wasn't as stoked as everyone else seemed to be about this gig, Jay Z entered the stage by rising up from a platform in the floor. Pretty epic. He was cool and laid back, but where was the energy? Nas on Way Out West last year was definitely a more solid rap performance. Still, 99 problems and Empire State Of Mind gave me the chills. To bad I missed Beyonce's appearance in the end.